Looking For A Way Out

14

"Joey, we got to go back to the cafe"
Jess yells out to her little brother.
"Oh, can't we stay a little longer?"
He complains.
"Jess I don't even know if this will turn out great-I mean-I just got a job-and if this ruins it-I'll basically be living on the streets"
"G-J you'll be fine-if it isn't-then you'll be still working for us-I promise"
I can't take her word for it, I don't trust people that much.
But I go ahead and say.
"If your so sure"
She nods.
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Jess is worried ,I can tell by the look on her face.
"Follow me"
She says as she takes me through the back doors.
As we go to the door, I start getting worried myself.
"Mum, dad I need you to sit down"
I notice the other lady, she was the one washing up, I think she is Mr James's wife.
You can tell where Jess and I gets our looks from, but with Mr James I think we get his Talents and stuff, I don't even know why I'm saying that I look like them and stuff, I don't know if I'm even related.
"What's the matter honey, and do you think that it's appropriate to have a family discussion right in front of a guest?-how are you G-J?"
"I'm okay, Mrs James" I say shyly.
"Oh please Hun, just call me Georgie"
"Okay Georgie"
"Well, if you please sit down I'll tell you why I've brought G-J here"
They do as their daughter says and take their seats.
"Mum, dad, -I want to talk about something-I mean it means a lot to me-and I think it means a lot to you- so please be honest with me"
"Honey your rambling again" Mr James tells his daughter.
She takes a deep breath and Quietly says:
"It's about Gypsy"
Their faces changed from a smile to a frown.
"Why do you want to talk about gypsy?"
"I want to know ho she went away, the truth"
"We've told you the truth, she was In The garden and that's the last we saw of her, we spent weeks trying to find her"
"G-j can you please give me that picture"
I hand the photo over to her shaking.
They have confused looks on their faces.
They both turn over the photo and look even more confused.
"Why do you have the picture in the Cafe here-which is also ripped"
"That's not the photo from the cafe, it's my half of the photo, that you gave to me and" she pauses but continues on " and the other is G-J's"
They are shocked and confused.
" my name is -gypsy and Jess believes that I'm her twin"
I say quietly.
"Do you believe this is our gypsy?"
"Yes mum"
"Well 'gypsy' tell us what you can remember"
They are still questioning about me aren't they.
" I remember most of it. Jess and I were playing in the front yard, you two were talking to the neighbours about something, I think Jess went to get her dolly or something for our game that we were playing, when a car came by, I saw some lady come out of the car. I thought she was someone you guys were doing business with. I Went to welcome her in, I think. She told me that I was going to stay with her for a bit while you get things organised, I unfortunately believe her. I asked if Jess could come but she said no. I think that's all that happened here, i just remember one day being left all by myself at this place and I went walking on the streets and she came back and took me to the orphanage. Monica Mays orphanage, that's where I've been for most of my life apart from the last month when I came here and changed."
I waited for their reaction.
"Did the kidnapper have a name to be exact?"
Mr James asked.
"Um, I've always knew her as Monica"
Their eyes popped as I said that name.
"Do you know her?"
"Yes"
Georgie says.
"She was one of our workers at the cafe, when we first started. She loved babysitting you two girls when she could. She grew a liking to you Gypsy and was always wanting to spoil you."
"You're saying that she kidnapped me because she wanted me as her own kid?"
"Basically."
I don't know what to feel.
"Unbelievable"
I keep remembering all the terrible things she has said to me, it infuriates me.
"What was it like growing up? If I may ask"
"Um- I felt like I didn't belong anywhere- Monica treated me really badly that I ended up trying to do some things that were probably illegal or unnecessary, but it helped me to get away from her and pay back the world for what she did and what I had become."
"We-we tried -for years we tried- but it was-it was hard - with-Jess and -the boys- I couldn't do it-"
"It's okay- I don't blame you- I blame myself for what I did"
Jess jumps up really quickly and says
"No- I was the one who left you"
"No- you didn't-it was our fault"
I can feel the tears welling up in my eyes.
"We all made our mistakes, but the only thing that matters is that we are a family again"
"There is more to my story than what I just told you"
And for once in my life, I felt like the world was starting to become a better place for me.
Even if the truth hurts, I have a family, a twin, 2 brothers, 2 sisters,a mum, a dad, a loving family.
One of the things I've been looking for is right at my fingertips, this is my only chance not to blow it.
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Hey all this story, will most likely be over soon, thinking about endings and I'm tinkering all the possible ways to end it. To all my friends on whattpad, woah this is a lot compared to when I started, anyways I got whattpad because of XxiRayaixX and then most of my friends after that got it, but I think I got a few friends to get it. Anyways, I'm going to try and finish the story but I'll be seeing how I go in the next few days.